The behavior of the Earth Rock Rat fell into the eyes of several monks present.
The two fake elixir masters didn't care much.
They repeatedly explored every corner of this path, and found very little, confirming that nothing was missing.
Tsk~
The rock rat raised its paw and lightly scratched half of the wall, causing a tooth-gripping sound.
There is a shallow crack left on the wall of the ancient building.
The hardness of the wall exceeds that of ordinary magic weapons.
Seeing this scene, Tan Zhenren's eyes flashed with a hint of sarcasm.
"The ancient building materials in this ruins are relatively hard. But they are not high-grade materials. They are the result of quenching and compressing low-grade mineral materials and casting spells."
Hu Zhenren explained slightly impatiently.
"Um."
Lu Changan had already seen this.
The buildings here, including the floor materials, are simply hard, lacking in actual grade, lack spirituality, and are not suitable for weapon refining and secondary use.
"I trust the rock rat's sense of smell."
Lu Changan smiled slightly and walked to half of the wall of the ancient building.
In fact, what the Earth Rock Rat did just now was secretly instructed by Lu Changan.
Lu Changan took out a magic weapon and a pickaxe, used his magic power, and pointed it at the wall to dig.
Seeing this, the rock rat also waved its paws and began to flap.
Bang bang! Bang bang!
One person and one mouse were tapping and tapping rhythmically in front of the wall.
The walls are peeling off and cracking bit by bit.
Tan Zhenren and the five monks had expressions that were either weird or disdainful.
Until a certain moment.
Lu Changan's pickaxe, a magic weapon, could not knock somewhere on the wall. Instead, it was shaken so hard that his palms were slightly numb.
The same goes for ground rock rats.
One person and one mouse avoided this small area.
"Huh?"
Hu Zhenren had a strange expression. He carefully explored the area with his spiritual consciousness and finally found some clues.
Preliminary judgment shows that the material of the wall is much stronger, and even the late second-level monsters cannot be hurt at all.
In addition, that area has a certain shielding effect on spiritual consciousness and can easily be ignored.
Lu Changan and the Earth Rock Rat increased their speed and knocked down all the walls around that area.
Soon, a piece of gray-white stone as big as a basin fell into Lu Changan's hands.
Parts of the gray and white stone reveal a dark metallic texture.
"What material? Can it actually block the consciousness of this real person?"
Master Tan squinted his eyes and stared at the stone in Lu Changan's hand.
"This is [Shadow Stone]! It can cover spiritual energy and shield spiritual consciousness. It is an excellent material for making concealment and shadow magic weapons."
Miss Wei, who was wearing a gauze skirt with long hair, suddenly lost her voice in surprise and her pretty eyes flashed with light.
"It's actually [Shadow Stone]?"
"The lowest grade of this stone is the third grade. This stone can deceive us many times. I am afraid that it has reached the third grade and can be used to create a mid-grade magic weapon."
Master Tan and Master Hu looked at each other with emotions in their eyes.
"Little friend Lu, it is still unknown whether this object is a [Shadow Stone]. Let me identify it."
Master Tan's eyes flickered, he raised his hand and said.
"It is indeed [Shadow Stone] without a doubt. No identification is needed. This Miss Wei is very knowledgeable. She actually recognized it at a glance."
Lu Changan smiled.
"Show it to me for a look." Master Tan said solemnly.
"Haha! This thing must be related to Lu."
Lu Changan put away the [Shadow Stone] and ignored the fake elixir spiritual pressure emanating from Master Tan.
Master Hu pressed Master Tan's arm and winked.
"Master Tan, please don't be impulsive. Although the [Shadow Stone] is rare, its appeal to fake elixir monks like us is far less than that of true elixir monks."
After hearing the message, Master Tan suppressed his dissatisfaction.
The fake elixir master can only barely use the lowest level magic weapon, and cannot exert its true power.
Common magic weapons in the world of cultivating immortals, like magic weapons, are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade and top-grade.
Suitable for Jie Dan Zhenren and most Nascent Soul stages.
Low-grade magic weapons, fake elixirs and real elixirs are mostly used in the early stages.
Middle-grade magic weapons are generally used in the middle and late stages of true elixirs.
Therefore, the appeal of this third-grade high-grade [Shadow Stone] to the fake elixir master is mainly its value and scarcity, and it can be traded with the real elixir monk.
"Forget it, let him keep this thing for a while."
Master Tan quickly figured it out.
For the two fake elixir masters, the greatest hope in the ancient ruins is the opportunity to take the fake elixir further.
This kind of opportunity is rare in today's world of immortal cultivation, and it requires the cooperation of True Monarch Nascent Soul.
However, in the ancient times of the world of immortality, the opportunity to take fake elixirs a step further was relatively easier to obtain than today.
…
"Little friend Lu, it is your luck that you found this [Shadow Stone]. I will not pursue it for the time being. If the treasure is obtained by jointly breaking the ban later, it will be distributed according to the level of cultivation and effort."
Master Hu stepped forward and reminded.
"Thank you Master Hu for your adult beauty."
Lu Changan cupped his hands and said.
He was already prepared for Master Tan to force him to hand over the [Shadow Stone].
If that's the case, Lu Changan actually doesn't care. The worst he can do is leave it to the other party to keep it for a while.
Before forming the elixir, [Shadow Stone] had little effect on him.
However, the [Shadowless Needle] and [Shadow-Split Sword] made of this stone as the main material, including some hidden magic weapons and props, are very suitable to Lu Changan's appetite.
In his previous life, when Lu Changan was in the late stage of pill formation, he spent a lot of money to obtain a piece of [Shadow Stone], which was also a third-level high-quality piece, but it was not as heavy as this one.
Because he had dealt with the [Shadow Stone] and was familiar with its characteristics, Lu Changan only discovered the clues when his consciousness swept over it just now.
As far as Lu Changan knows, the [Shadow Stone] with the highest records in the world of immortality can reach the fifth level. It is called the Shadow Stone Essence and can even be used as a refining material for legendary spiritual treasures.
"Go and search the area."
In view of Lu Changan's gains, Master Tan and Master Hu stopped and led three foundation-building monks to explore the area.
"The ancient building nearby used to have a workshop for smelting iron."
"The [Shadow Stone] discovered by Lu Changan may have been secretly hidden by the weapon refiner in the workshop."
The two real people analyzed it very clearly.
But in the end, there was nothing gained. I just found a few worthless scraps of weapon refining materials in the underground ruins.
"Could it be that Lu Xiaoyou's rat demon spirit pet has the blood of a treasure-hunting rat?"
Hu Zhenren looked at the rock rat with a smile, feeling a little jealous.
That [Shadow Stone] is so hidden that it eludes the real person's consciousness, yet it can be detected by the Earth Rock Rat.
The rock rat shuddered and hid in the corner of the ruins, ignoring him.
"Maybe it's a coincidence."
Lu Changan said perfunctorily.
The Earth Rock Rat was just a cover, and he did what he did just under his instruction.
Otherwise, Lu Changan himself discovered the [Shadow Stone], which would easily arouse the vigilance of the two real people, making them more fearful and wary of him.
…
The next third of the explored path.
Lu Changan and Shi Xianzi were still conducting stop-and-go investigations.
Master Tan and Master Hu became very patient and never urged them again.
If the rock rat occasionally stretches out its claws and touches it, it will attract everyone's attention.
The rest of the way, there were no decent discoveries.
Finally, the group reached the end of the explored path.
Stopped in front of a bridge.
On the other side of the bridge, the light and ripples of the formation faintly emerged, as well as the hidden restrictions.
Those ruins and buildings were shrouded in mist, hazy, like mirages.
Lu Changan smelled a hint of danger.
"Has Fairy Master ever come into contact with the fourth-level ancient remnant formation here?"
Master Hu asked.
"Strange! I didn't pass this bridge last time, but encountered a garden where there were relatively obvious loopholes in the formation. In the end, we spent a long time and finally passed by luckily."
Shi Manrong looked at the bridge in surprise.
"It's normal. Formations above level 4 are beyond common sense and can easily change the geographical environment. Some legendary formations can even distort the scale of space."
Mr. Hu looked thoughtful.
"Little friend Lu, please release the puppet and explore the location as I told you."
"good."
Lu Changan set out this time. In order to overcome the formation restrictions in the ruins, he prepared some worthless cannon fodder puppets.
With his previous life experience, Lu Changan knew that puppet detection was not omnipotent.
Certain formation restrictions will not be triggered by puppets, but if a monk gets involved, there will be a narrow escape.
A "peng" sound.
A ball of invisible orange fire ignited and spread across the puppet's body, exploding quickly.
The cannon fodder puppet, whose hardness was comparable to that of a second-level monster, was reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.
"Little friend Lu, put in another puppet."
Lu Changan did as he was told.
Next, there is the long and boring process of conquering the formation.
If the ancient remnant formation inside the ruins is attacked forcefully, it will cause backlash and even all kinds of variables.
This is something that the real person cannot afford.
Lu Changan speculated that it would take at least a major overhaul in the later stages of forming the elixir before he could try to break the formation with brute force.
It would be safer if it was the True Lord Nascent Soul.
Click!
The second puppet was swept by several arcs of light that emerged out of thin air, and fell to the ground in pieces.
"Little friend Lu, you are the puppet master and can sense the state of the puppet. If you want to explore further, please pass on some specific information."
Master Hu ordered.
…
Two months later.
Lu Changan scrapped more than twenty cannon fodder puppets.
The ruins of this bridge are halfway forward.
The last two times, the puppet has almost reached the end of the bridge.
"Little Master, the idea you proposed this time is good! Breaking the formation does not mean moving forward. Many times you have to take detours, or even retreat in order to deceive the forbidden induction in the formation."
Hu Zhenren was stroking his beard, his face flushed and he was in a happy mood.
After Shi Xianzi joined, he overcame the formation restrictions and gained an additional discussant. The collision of their ideas gave rise to new inspirations.
The speed of breaking the formation is greatly improved.
Of course, this requires Shi Manrong's formation skills, which are not much inferior to those of Master Hu, so that the effect of one plus one is greater than two.
At the same time, Lu Changan, the puppet master, provided a lot of convenience for conquering the formation.
Master Tan nodded secretly. The addition of Lu Changan and Shi Manrong really helped.
The remaining half of the bridge was successfully conquered in just one month.
Buzz!
A crack of white light about ten feet long appeared at the end of the bridge.
This is the result of three months of hard work.
Shi Manrong had mixed emotions. She had to admit that breaking the formation this time was far better than her previous collaboration with Master Qi.
Decades ago, Master Qi spent several years approaching the center of the ruins in order to break the formation.
Lu Changan controlled a humanoid puppet, passed through the crack of white light, entered the other end of the bridge, and walked for more than ten feet without incident.
Puppet is only a preliminary verification.
"You, go in and explore the way!"
Master Tan's tone was cold and he pointed at the sixty-year-old man in the middle stage of foundation building.
The sixty-year-old old man smiled bitterly and was the first to step forward, passing through the crack of white light and entering the interior of the ancient remnant formation.
As a result, no accidents occurred.
The remaining six people entered the other end of the bridge one after another.
Tan Zhenren, who is the strongest, is responsible for the rear.
After everyone passes by.
That crack of white light is constantly healing, and will soon be unable to pass through adult humans.
After all, it was through a loophole in the formation, a trick-taking approach, and it did not destroy the foundation of the formation.
At this time, the originally hazy interior buildings of the ruins came into clear view.
The ancient building complex in front of us is majestic and tall, with more exquisite carving details and relatively complete preservation.
Structurally, most of the buildings are residential mansions, commercial and administrative places.
Towards the center, there is a hexagonal palace building with a pair of halos suspended above its head and a blue crystal ball in the center, emitting surging spiritual light.
"Friend Lu Dao."
Shi Manrong murmured and made eye contact with Lu Changan.
Lu Changan immediately understood that this should be the place where "Zhenren Qi" fell into the trap of the formation.
"The building of the hexagonal palace is the center of the formation inside the ruins. Judging from the architectural style, it should have been left by the original ancient civilization race in the ruins. It was later transformed by the Yuanying-level sects in recent times and used as a refuge.
"
Hu Zhenren had a sharp eye and saw at a glance that the hexagonal palace building was the hub of this ruins.
He had a guess in his mind that judging from the formation and the layout of the building, that place was more suitable as a warehouse and treasure house for a refuge.
…
On the way to the Hexagonal Palace Tower, we passed some ancient buildings, which were all empty.
Of course, it's not nothing.
In some rooms and corners, you can see a small amount of clutter and abandoned objects. Most of them have been weathered by time and have little value.
The girl Wei picked up a set of chess pieces in a courtyard. After removing the dirt, they were found to be intact.
This set of chessboards does not look like a magic weapon, but rather like a strange object.
Lu Changan discovered something unusual on the top floor of a pavilion.
The prohibition set up in one of the rooms has not been erased to this day, and it continues to exist with the help of the power of the ancient remnants of the formation.
Peng! Peng!
Lu Changan sent out two puppets one after another to test, but before they even touched the door, they were crushed to pieces by invisible forces.
"Don't waste time, you can't break that restriction."
Master Tan said in a deep voice.
The two real people were attracted by the Hexagonal Palace Building, guessing that there was a great opportunity there as the location of the ruins.
The surrounding buildings are at best relics of low value, and the risks are not proportional to the rewards.
Lu Changan basically agreed and gave up this place for the time being.
In fact, he has a high-quality forbidden talisman in his hand, and even a forbidden talisman.
This is one of the reasons why he dares to enter the ancient ruins.
Not long after, a group of seven people arrived in front of the hexagonal palace building that was twenty to thirty feet high.
On the surface of the hexagonal palace building, there was an obvious formation of light, emitting powerful spiritual pressure, and neither of the two real people dared to approach easily.
"Six gates? The formation here happens to have six gates? Does it correspond to six different entrances..."
Nearly ten feet apart, Master Hu was watching around the hexagonal palace building, staring at the gold and bronze gates.
Above the six gold and bronze gates, there is an array gate that only an array master can understand.
"Little friend Lu."
Hu Zhenren looked behind him.
He frowned slightly and found that Lu Changan was actually standing behind everyone?
If it weren't for the fact that after the bridge was broken, the cracks in the formation had overlapped and there was no way out, the two real people would not have let this happen.
"clear."
Lu Changan took out another child-sized cannon fodder puppet and, under the instruction of Master Hu, came to a gold and bronze gate.
The cannon fodder puppet touched the door with his hand.
Instantly!
A blue thunder streaked across, leaving behind a piece of charred remains.
The two real people were shocked.
Even if the power of the ancient remnant formation is only 10% to 20% of its peak power, the True Pill cultivator cannot block a single blow.
Lu Changan glanced at Shi Manrong doubtfully.
How did Master Qi temporarily break open a formation gate back then?
Although Master Qi is also an array master, he is only a second-level formation master, and his attainments are far inferior to Master Hu.
Shi Manrong shook his head slightly, also puzzled.
…
"Choose this formation gate."
Hu Zhenren and Shi Xianzi discussed for a long time and found one of the formation gates where the power loss was the most serious.
The array gate is just above the bronze gate.
Time passes little by little.
Lu Changan occasionally controlled puppets to cooperate in conquering formations, and even did not forget his daily practice.
Another month has passed.
Until this day, Lu Changan's cannon fodder puppets were exhausted.
Several other monks also scrapped some spare magical weapons.
After some methods of breaking the formation, the loopholes in the formation gate expanded, and the power of the formation was slowly weakening.
"It's too slow! The other five formation gates are connected to it and will transmit the formation's power to help it recover."
Hu Zhenren was not very satisfied.
Now the Liang Kingdom's Immortal Realm has become a battlefield. The longer it takes to conquer this ancient ruins, the more variables there will be.
"Little friend Lu, you are a well-known talisman master in Liang Elementary School. Do you have a high-quality forbidden talisman in your hand?"
Hu Zhenren spoke in a gentle tone and turned back to negotiate with Lu Changan.
"It is too difficult to practice the Forbidden Breaking Talisman and it is very rare. Lu only has a few second-level and high-grade Forbidden Breaking Talisman, and he bought them in the fairy city."
Lu Changan's dilemma.
"Okay, everyone activates the forbidden talisman in their hands and attacks according to the time node I mentioned."
Master Hu arranged for a moment to ensure that everyone had something that could break the forbidden rules.
Master Hu has a forbidden-breaking bead, which is a sharp weapon to break the forbidden, better than the forbidden-breaking talisman of the same level.
Master Tan has a quasi-third-level forbidden talisman.
The rest of them have at least second-level high-grade forbidden talismans.
Puff puff boom!
The twisted light transformed by those forbidden objects hit the nodes of the array gate in sequence from weak to strong.
Above the golden and bronze gate, white shadows overlapped and swayed until they suddenly collapsed at a certain moment.
"opened!"
A strong wind came towards us, knocking several foundation-building monks to and fro.
The two fake alchemists steadied their bodies and looked intently.
The gold and copper door, which was originally as stable as a mountain, slowly loosened, revealing a gap and shining with a pearly light.